"He showed it through his studies, his academic career, his concern for equal opportunity," Macron said, adding that it was key to "build unity while respecting diversity". Pap Ndiaye, I chose to appoint a man who, through his life, his career, shows what I believe the (product of schools) of the republic should be," he told reporters. Macron brushed off this criticism as he and Ndiaye visited a school in the southern port of Marseille on Thursday. He is only the second Black person to lead a key ministry in France. Ndiaye, the son of a Senegalese father and French mother, has studied and worked in the United States. and wants to deconstruct French history." "It matters because of the trend of wokeism, that comes from the United States. with French history," Eric Zemmour, also a far-right candidate in last month's presidential election, told CNews. The far-right's Marine Le Pen called Ndiaye's appointment a "terrifying choice". French critics say such attitudes have no place in a country that sees itself as blind to colour. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines woke as being aware of and actively attentive to issues of racial and social justice, but notes that it also has been used by some as a pejorative for anyone who appears politically left-leaning. That was enough for his appointment last month to trigger red flags for parts of the right, which dismisses the focus on social injustice as a U.S.-imported "wokeism" that it views as over the top. Ndiaye, a specialist in African-American history and minority rights and a newcomer to politics, has urged France over the years to confront its colonial past and said the country was in denial about police violence and discrimination. President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday defended his choice of Pap Ndiaye for education minister, a Black academic whose appointment rekindled a debate over France's relationship with race and the colonial heritage of a country that cherishes its universalist tradition.
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